Raphaël Lefèvre is visiting fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center. He is the author of Ashes of Hama: the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria (London, Hurst, 2013). Ali El Yassir is a Beirut-based analyst focusing on political and security issues in Syria and Lebanon. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/raphael-lefevre-and-ali-el-yassir/rss en ISIS Tue, 05 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Raphaël Lefèvre and Ali El Yassir https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/11/05/militias-for-syrias-brotherhood https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/11/05/militias-for-syrias-brotherhood The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood has recently become a growing force in Syria, particularly in the armed struggle against the regime. Rumors that the organization has established its own militia started spreading over a year ago, even as its leaders were officially and systematically denying such developments.